A man attempted to set himself on fire with gasoline inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, but he was arrested timely before the incident.
Chief Executive of Deutsche Boerse Carsten Kengeter was backed by the company's board on Tuesday as they claimed her talks with the London Stock Exchange did not occur in 2015.
Fujitsu's biggest share-holder will sell a large part of its shares in the company in a step to reduce the companies' cross-shareholdings.
Despite the Philippines' President ordering an „all-out war" on communist rebels, there is still hope that peace talks could end the conflict, the Defense Minister claimed on Tuesday.
Honda and Hitachi Automotive are planning to develop a joint venture with the purpose of making and producing petrol-electric hybrid motors and electric vehicles.
French bank BNP Paribas SA reported the net profit surged to €1.44B in Q4, from €665M a year ago. In turn, revenue showed growth 2% to €10.6B.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has left interest rates unchanged at a record low 1.50% as expected Tuesday. The rate held at this level since August.
SpaceX is planning to launch Falcon 9 rockets every two -three weeks, hitting its fastest launch rate since it first started production in 2010.
SK Hynix, one of the world's largest chipmaker, has submitted a bid to acquire 20% stake in Toshiba Corp's computer-chip business.
On Monday, Mac Thornberry, the chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, stated that the US should invest more into missile defense development, amid previous missile test from North Korea and recent ones from Iran.
On Monday, the White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that the president's administration is confident about prevailing in a legal 'combat' on the matter of Donald Trump's travel ban.
The EU could block Polish voting rights until the country agrees to follow the regulations of law, stated the EC Vice President Katainen.
Brazil's inflation dropped to the lowest 12 months rate since 2012 in January, reaching 5.41%, forcing the central bank to cut the interest rate.
The US banks in quarterly survey reported that lending standards were stable during the last quarter of 2016, while business loans faced looser terms.
Google and Facebook will cooperate with agencies like AFP and other news channels, in order to fight fake news related to France's presidential election.
Italy's largest bank UniCredit has begun the country's biggest corporate stock sale in order to raise as much as $14B to rebuild the capital.
On Monday, the temporary refugee ban imposed by the US President Donald Trump faced another court hurdle that is expected to find out whether the order can be pushed through.
Having suffered one of the most violent shellings in months, the frontline town Avdiyivka in Ukraine got back to life, as water and power supplies were restored.
Antitrust regulators from the European Union are set to decide on the approval of Siemens and Gamesa's plan to create the largest wind generator maker by March 13.
Theresa May's spokesperson stated that pro-EU lawmakers would not prevent Britain from divorcing the EU. Still, the UK parliament will vote on the ultimate deal.
In a meeting with Theresa May on Monday, the Israeli PM Netanyahu called on Britain to follow the imposition of new Iran sanctions after the country had tested a ballistic missile.
Sergei Ryabkov, the Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated that restoration of inter-ministerial relations between the two countries was crucial in the current situation.
On Monday, the two conservative parties of Germany, the CDU and the CSU, confirmed they had picked Angela Merkel to run for chancellor in 2017 federal election.
The Kremlin expressed its disagreement with Donald Trump over his Iran evaluation as Russia maintains a co-operative association with Tehran.